Nursing research Book

1	Nursing Research and the Scientific Approach	3
2	Overview of the Research Process	21
3	Research Problems and Hypotheses	43
4	The Knowledge Context: Literature Reviews	69
5	Conceptual and Theoretical Contexts	95
6	The Ethical Context of Nursing Research	117
7	Selecting a Research Design	139
8	Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Nonexperimental Designs	157
9	Additional Types of Research	187
10	Research Control	209
11	Sampling Designs	229
12	Designing and Implementing a Data Collection Plan	253
13	Self Reports	271
14	Observational Methods	301
15	Biophysiologic and Other Data Collection Methods	323
16	Assessing Data Quality	343
17	Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics	371
18	Inferential Statistics	401
19	Advanced Statistical Procedures	431
20	Computers and Scientific Research	471
21	Designing and Implementing an Analysis Strategy	495
22	The Analysis of Qualitative Data	517
23	Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis	539
24	Writing a Research Report	557
25	Evaluating Research Reports	575
26	Utilization of Nursing Research	591
27	Writing a Research Proposal	613
	Glossary	635
	Appendix A Human Subjects Protocol	657
	Appendix B Statistical Tables	661
	Index	669